1st Edition
Ending Empire in the Middle East Britain, the United States and Post-war Decolonization, 1945-1973
By Simon C. Smith
Copyright 2012
264 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
264 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
264 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book is a major and wide-ranging re-assessment of Anglo-American relations in the Middle Eastern context. It analyses the process of ending of empire in the Middle East from 1945 to the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Based on original research into both British and American archival sources, it covers all the key events of the period, including the withdrawal from Palestine, the Anglo-American coup... Read more
1. Allies of a Kind, 1945-55 2. Suez Schism, 1956 3. Power Transferred? 1956-60 4. Conflict and Co-operation, 1961-71 5. To Intervene or not to Intervene: The Arab-Israeli dispute, 1967-73
Biography
Simon C. Smith is Professor of International History at the University of Hull. He has published widely on British imperial history and his books include Kuwait, 1950-1965: Britain, the al-Sabah and Oil and Britain’s Revival and Fall in the Gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial States, 1950-1971.
